Court of Appeal Summaries (January 20- January 24)

January 27, 2025 | John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Jackson v. Rosenberg, 2025 ONCA 48

Keywords: Real Property, Co-Ownership, Joint Tenancies, Right of Survivorship, Severance, Trusts, Resulting Trusts, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Cross-Appeals, Orders, Supplementary Reasons, Rules of Civil Procedure, rr. 61.07(1)(a), 61.07(3), Jackson v. Rosenberg, 2024 ONCA 875, Hansen Estate v Hansen, 2012 ONCA 112, Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17

Ottawa (City) v. ClubLink Corporation ULC, 2025 ONCA 34

Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Enforceability, Severance, Real Property, Rule Against Perpetuities, Perpetuities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.9, Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, Ottawa (City) v. ClubLink Corporation ULC, 2021 ONCA 847, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Transport North American Express Inc. v. New Solutions Financial Corp., 2004 SCC 7, Canadian Long Island Petroleums Ltd. v. Irving Wire Products, [1974] 2 S.C.R. 715, Canadian American Financial Corp. (Canada) Ltd. v. King (1989), 60 D.L.R. (4th) 293 (B.C.C.A.), 2176693 Ontario Ltd. v. Cora Franchise Group Inc., 2015 ONCA 152, Harris v. Minister of National Revenue, [1966] S.C.R. 489, Sutherland Estate v. Dyer (1991), 4 O.R. (3d) 168 (Gen. Div.), ClubLink Corporation ULC v. Ottawa (City), 2022 CanLII 23501 (Ont. Land Tribunal)

VanderMolen Homes Inc. v. Mani, 2025 ONCA 45

Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Repudiation, Acceptance, Waiver, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 20.04(2.1), Di Millo v. 2099232 Ontario Inc., 2018 ONCA 1051, Firoozi v. 809963 Ontario Limited, 2005 CanLII 56173 (Ont. S.C.), Coffey v. High, 2024 ONSC 420, Nicolaou v. Sobhani, 2017 ONSC 7602, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Farrell v. Riley, 2024 ONCA 449, Angus v. CDRW Holdings Ltd., 2023 BCCA 330, Bawitko Investments Ltd. v. Kernels Popcorn Ltd. (1991), 79 D.L.R. (4th) 97 (Ont. C.A.), Place Concorde East Limited Partnership v. Shelter Corp. of Canada Ltd. (2006), 270 D.L.R. (4th) 181 (Ont. C.A), Chapman v. Ginter, [1968] S.C.R. 560, Shewchuk v. Blackmont Capital Inc., 2016 ONCA 912, SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. v. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, 2024 ONCA 675

Short Civil Decisions

Allison v. Bent, 2025 ONCA 36

Keywords: Wills and Estates, Trusts, Express Trusts, Purchase Money Resulting Trusts, Real Property, Evidence, Statute of Frauds, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.19, s 1(1)

Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2025 ONCA 44

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Civil Procedure, References, Default Judgments, Procedural and Natural Justice, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 6(b), Rules of Civil Procedure, rr. 54 and 64.06, Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 322, Fernandez v. Unique Auto Collision Network Solutions Corp., 2014 ONCA 458

Benbella v. National Dental Examining Board of Canada, 2025 ONCA 43

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Costs, Security for Costs, Orders, Varying or Amending, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 59.06

Mosher v. Bossence, 2025 ONCA 46

Keywords: Family Law, Parenting, Variation, Material Change in Circumstances, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Admissibility, Costs, B.J.T. v. J.D., 2022 SCC 24, Van de Perre v. Edwards, 2001 SCC 60

Marmer Penner Inc. v. Vacaru, 2025 ONCA 61

Keywords: Contracts, Solicitor and Client, Accountants, Professional Fees, Negligence, Civil Procedure, Judgments, Stay of Execution, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Marmer Penner Inc. v. Purcaru, 2021 ONSC 3785, Marmer Penner Inc. v. Vacaru, 2022 ONCA 280, Paradigm Quest Inc. v. McInroy, 2017 ONCA 547, Sun Life Assurance Co. v. York Ridge Developments Ltd. (1998), 116 O.A.C. 103

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